A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... [...]
> Except that "splay wls.wav" works. Maybe splay can't handle .au files? Nope. By the docs it does only mp3s and .wavs. > > > When I "cat wls.wav > /dev/dsp" I get nasty squeals. When I "cat jesus.au > > > > /dev/dsp" I get rough-sounding but more-or-less intelligible sound. > > > > > > "saytime" sometimes results in a quick blip, sometimes in a choppy "The > > > time > > > is now four-twenty-blip". > > > > That sounds like the driver. What kernel revision are you using? > > > > 2.2.9 Try upgrading to a newer kernel - I've had good results with kernels newer than 2.2.10 (the card was unusable with anything older) as well as with 2.3.x. [...] > es1371: version v0.11 time 13:52:44 Feb 16 2000 > es1371: found adapter at io 0x1080 irq 11 > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > es1371: codec vendor CRY revision 3 > es1371: codec features Headphone out 18bit DAC 18bit ADC > es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement I get the same info. > and a little further down is: > > es1371: dma timed out?? > es1371: dma timed out?? > es1371: dma timed out?? I used to see those until I upgraded the kernel (iirc, it's been quite a while since I've had to think about this sound card not working :)) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein